Dallas finished second behind New Orleans in the bid for the new Sugar Bowl featuring top teams from the SEC and the Big 12. But Big D is still in a good spot; it could host the 2015 national championship game, the first in the playoff era.

Cowboys Stadium, home of the Cotton Bowl, is the favorite to host the game following the 2014 season, sources told CBSSports.com. That year, a four-team playoff will culminate with a national title game.

BCS executive director Bill Hancock said a site could be selected in coming months.

“We haven’t begun negotiating with anybody, so it’s not fair to say there’s a leader in the clubhouse,” Hancock said.

A bigger priority right now is finalizing a playoff revenue distribution plan. There is also the business of choosing a selection committee that will pick the four playoff teams.

Other cities that would presumably be in contention are Atlanta with the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, New Orleans with the Sugar Bowl, Houston with the Meineke Car Care Bowl and Orlando with the Capital One Bowl.